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Hank and Jim: The Fifty-Year Friendship of Henry Fonda and James Stewart
Scott EymanA Very Good Year dot Substack dot comTwitter hive mind: anybody recommend any really good show-biz joint biographies? I read and loved Scott Eyman's HANK AND JIM (about Henry Fonda and Jimmy Stewart, check it out) and are wondering if there are others in that vein
Paperback, 2018
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Rambo: First Blood Part II: Screenplay
Geoffrey BoyerA Very Good Year dot Substack dot com'Rambo: First Blood Part II' was released on this day in 1985. For @Crooked Marquee, I wrote about how the 'Rambo' series started as something quite different than what it became: https://crookedmarquee.com/how-rambo-turned-a-complicated-antihero-into-agitprop/
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A Very Good Year
Patricia LoganA Very Good Year dot Substack dot comThis week on A VERY GOOD YEAR, we welcomed our pal @intothecrevasse to talk about his new book "Colors of Film: The Story of Cinema in 50 Palettes" (out this week!) and the very good (and often extremely horny) cinema of 1971. Check it out: https://t.co/j75P2i32tC https://t.co/30ITLjUrTH
Paperback, 2014
$12.99$6.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Colors of Film: The Story of Cinema in 50 Palettes
Charles BramescoA Very Good Year dot Substack dot comThis week on A VERY GOOD YEAR, we welcomed our pal @intothecrevasse to talk about his new book "Colors of Film: The Story of Cinema in 50 Palettes" (out this week!) and the very good (and often extremely horny) cinema of 1971. Check it out: https://t.co/j75P2i32tC https://t.co/30ITLjUrTH
Hardcover, 2023
$26.00$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Frank: The Voice
James KaplanA Very Good Year dot Substack dot comI’m reading James Kaplan's two-book Frank Sinatra biography and I’m up to the late ‘60s and he’s trying so hard to stay relevant and it’s just embarrassing for everyone because there’s nothing he can do about the fact that he’s fundamentally Of The Past. This is an #Oscars tweet
Paperback, 2011
$27.00$13.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Ron HansenA Very Good Year dot Substack dot comThe number of people on here who don’t seem to think the director of THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD has earned the benefit of the doubt is pretty fucking depressing, ngl
Paperback, 2007
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Outrageous Misconduct
Ray LookerA Very Good Year dot Substack dot comMax Landis trending on the day I finished reading OUTRAGEOUS CONDUCT is going to give me a stroke
Paperback, 2014
$5.95$2.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The History of Cinema: A Very Short Introduction
Geoffrey Nowell-SmithA Very Good Year dot Substack dot comThis week on A VERY GOOD YEAR, we welcomed our pal @intothecrevasse to talk about his new book "Colors of Film: The Story of Cinema in 50 Palettes" (out this week!) and the very good (and often extremely horny) cinema of 1971. Check it out: https://t.co/j75P2i32tC https://t.co/30ITLjUrTH
Paperback, 2018
$12.99$6.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Frankenstein: (Original Edition)
M. W. ShelleyA Very Good Year dot Substack dot comAnd Hulu added BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA, KUNG FU HUSTLE, HEIST, SEXY BEAST, THE DESCENDANTS, 127 HOURS, WORKING GIRL, ANY GIVEN SUNDAY, JOY RIDE, MILK, RACHEL GETTING MARRIED, WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT, CADILLAC RECORDS, MARY SHELLEY'S FRANKENSTEIN and SCHOOL DAZE. Enjoy!
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Sinatra: The Chairman
James KaplanA Very Good Year dot Substack dot comI’m reading James Kaplan's two-book Frank Sinatra biography and I’m up to the late ‘60s and he’s trying so hard to stay relevant and it’s just embarrassing for everyone because there’s nothing he can do about the fact that he’s fundamentally Of The Past. This is an #Oscars tweet
Paperback, 2016
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book